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Today's Lileks Moment
Related note: I wonder whatâs keeping Israel from taking out Iranâs nuclear bomb-making plants. Either they know itâs too late, or they know the facilities canât be destroyed by the conventional means, or they have good enough intel to know thereâs still some time and they can wait until after the election. And then theyâll go no matter who wins. If they attack now, and Bush gives them the thumbs-up, it could cut either way domestically. Kerry would have to approve or disapprove, for example. I would guess the latter, lest he want to make the UN and the IAEA look like the dithering fools they are. If Kerry approves, then heâs thrown his lot in with the cowboy-unilateralist axis, and if people want that theyâll vote for the genuine article. The far-left fringe will howl that this is all a Zionist plot to influence the election. The far-right fringe will howl that this is all a Zionist plot to influence the election. Most Americans would look at satellite photos of demolished nuke-bomb factories and think: good thing.
Weâll see. When it comes to Iran, I fear that either the bombs get bombed or the bombs get used. The latter is what I always thought would be the end result of the forces set in motion by 9/11, and I still hope I am wrong. Iâve been wrong enough to be hopeful.
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Posted by: Steve 2004-07-09 |
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